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This post is part of ‘Nicole Storey as featured author for an entire week’. During the week we will be having a number of posts by Nicole. You can find the details here. There will also be a giveaway happening for 3 copies of Nicole Storey’s novel ‘The Chosen One’, which is the first book in the Grimsley Hollow Series series. You can enter the giveaway here.

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This is the best finale post from a Featured Author yet. For the first time ever! I have a sneak peek at the second book in the Grimsley Hollow series. All will be revealed! I have the first chapter for the second book. You have to read this!

DISCLAIMER: You are going to fall in love with the series and the anticipation for the next book will increase manifold!

Grimsley Hollow – The Search for Siren

Chapter One

Just a Dream

The cave was bare and cold. Frigid air passed through Gage’s thin, cotton t-shirt, settling deep into his bones like ice. He rubbed his goose-bumped arms while looking around. How did I ever get to this dismal place? The last thing he remembered was lying in his bed. He’d said ‘good night’ to his parents before crashing. His eyelids had fluttered before his head had hit the pillow. He had awakened here. Only he wasn’t sure exactly where here was.

Gage looked down. He was wearing a pair of silly pajama bottoms and a Skillet t-shirt. No shoes? This must be a dream, he thought.

This post is part of ‘Nicole Storey as featured author for an entire week’. During the week we will be having a number of posts by Nicole. You can find the details here. There will also be a giveaway happening for 3 copies of Nicole Storey’s novel ‘The Chosen One’, which is the first book in the Grimsley Hollow Series series. You can enter the giveaway here.

Writing is My Second Job by Nicole Storey

There are some days when I wish I could write more. I consider myself lucky when I get 1000 words down, and many days, I have to go back and re-write those words again. Why? Well, the reason is simple. Writing is not my one and only job. My first job is very important and will always come first in my life before anything else. I am a MOM.

This may be something that only “mothers” can relate to. I don’t believe there is a book in existence that can possibly describe just how much we sacrifice each day to those little bundles of joy that we give birth to – those tiny babies that grow up to be taller than we are and eat us out of house and home. You know, those children who were once so loveable – doling out hugs and kisses to us in unlimited supplies only to become embarrassed to be seen with us in public? Yep, those are the ones.

This post is part of ‘Nicole Storey as featured author for an entire week’. During the week we will be having a number of posts by Nicole. You can find the details here. There will also be a giveaway happening for 3 copies of Nicole Storey’s novel ‘The Chosen One’, which is the first book in the Grimsley Hollow Series series. You can enter the giveaway here.

Today, I interview Nicole and we talk about her books, her life as a mother and an author and her inspirations for writing. Frankly, its one of the best interviews I’ve done!

Interview with Nicole Storey, author of The Chosen One (Grimsley Hollow Series)

Describe your series? What genre would you classify it into?

My book is about an 11-year-old boy who has autism. He has no friends until he meets a young witch named Eve and she introduces him to another world called Grimsley Hollow. He is needed to help the magical beings of this world defeat an evil witch who is trying to take over. Along the way, he makes some new friends, including an ornery pixy, a werewolf, and a vampire. I describe my books as middle-grade fantasy with a touch of paranormal and a whole lot of Halloween!

How did you come up with the idea for the series?

I simply combined some of my favourite things that I love and am passionate about: special-needs children, Halloween, and magic. My son has autism and he is also the main character in the story. I decided to write the book to get a message out to children: Special-needs kids are not so different from them in the fact that they only want to be accepted for who they are and included in our lives.

About the Book

Gage Gilbert is an eleven-year-old boy who has autism, loves Halloween, and has no friends. Although he has always been happy with the safety and security of his family, he longs for a real friend and adventure – not just the ones he makes up in his head. Then, he meets Eve.

Eve is a young witch from another world called Grimsley Hollow. It’s where all magical beings live in safety and peace, but their world is in trouble. Gage is the only one who can help save them from an evil witch who has taken control.

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My Review

The Chosen One revolves around a young autistic boy named Gage, who does not have friends and feels isolated because of his autism. All this changes when he meets Eve and comes to know about another world called Grimsley Hollow where all the magical beings we read in books about, reside. This is the start of an adventure which involves witches, werewolves, vampires, pixies and dragons. This is a classic good vs. evil story as Gage and all his new friends unite to fight against an evil witch Inari, who has captured their parents.

This post is part of ‘Nicole Storey as featured author for an entire week’. During the week we will be having a number of posts by Nicole. You can find the details here. There will also be a giveaway happening for 3 copies of Nicole Storey’s novel ‘The Chosen One’, which is the first book in the Grimsley Hollow Series series. You can enter the giveaway here.

An introduction to the Grimsley Hollow Series

I find it hard to describe my own writing. If I had to choose a genre – a “box” that my book would fit into – I would say that it is a middle-gradefantasy book with a touch of paranormal and a lot of Halloween! LOL! However, as many writers will tell you, we all have trouble making our books fit into one or two specific genres. Most books can be described in many ways – depending on how the reader interprets it.

Grimsley Hollow-The Chosen One is about an eleven-year-old autistic boy named Gage. He has no friends and he loves Halloween. I based the main character on my own son, Gage, who also has autism. In the story, Gage meets a young witch named Eve, and his life is changed forever. Eve lives in another realm called Grimsley Hollow, and her world is being threatened by an evil witch named Inari, who is trying to take over. Gage is the only one who can help. In his adventure, he makes some magical friends, which includes an ornery pixy named Puck, a half vampire-half fairy named Ladon, and a werewolf named Siren. Gage also learns that he has magical powers and that “autism” is just a word and not a definition of who is really is.